A nursing home administrator (licensed nursing home administrator, LNHA) runs a skilled nursing facility: resident care quality, staffing, finances, regulatory surveys and community relations.

Every state requires administrators to be licensed, usually after an administrator-in-training program and the national NAB exam.

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Nursing Home Administrator Salary

National Median

$123,860

10th–90th Percentile

$73,390–$224,340

Top-Paying State (Median)

New York

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Closest available: BLS does not report licensed nursing home administrators separately. This is medical and health services managers across all of healthcare (11-9111), hospital executives included. Source: BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers. BLS pay excludes overtime and the self-employed.

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